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cockie

8th November 2024, 13:06
Not a common puzzle for which help is requested. Clue: Jean-Francois Lyotard or bell hooks, say. Answer: Post-modernist. OK, he was a famous P-M. but what is the relevance of the last 4 words of the clue?
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jono

8th November 2024, 13:14
“bell hooks” is also a post modernist. Her name is always written in lower case for some reason.
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cockie

8th November 2024, 14:00
Bordering on the unfair, I'd say. Clue-writing convention allows the capitalisation of a word not normally spelt with a capital, but does not allow the reverse. Trump, say, can mean a loud noise or a certain person, but trump cannot mean the latter. If she has to be used in a clue, and if she insists on being spelt without capitals, then a rigorous clue would be Jean-Francois Lyotard or "bell hooks", say.
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